ashes and dust

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:
    I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass,
    He hath stripped me of my glory,
and taken the crown from my head.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone:
    and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me,
    and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me,
    and encamp round about my tabernacle.
He hath put my brethren far from me,
    and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
My kinsfolk have failed,
    and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids,
    count me for a stranger:
    I am an alien in their sight.
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer;
    I entreated him with my mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife,
    though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
Yea, young children despised me;
    I arose, and they spake against me.
All my inward friends abhorred me:
    and they whom I loved are turned against me.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh,
    and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends;
    for the hand of God hath touched me.

Go Bears.

UPDATE: Ack.  Will no one rid me of these meddlesome Panthers?  Go Seattle, dammit.  And Pittsburgh, for that matter.  I didn't expect to see the Manning face again this season, I'll admit it.  I just hope the Steelers and the Seahawks aren't too banged up to prevent a Superbowl of pure evil.

Comments

[Dan]

> Go Bears.

Uh... thanks (?)

[JL]

Hm. I'm very disappointed in the city of Chicago right now.

[Kriston]

Go Steelers. I think you have to root for them at this point. Let them get it out of their system.

[JL]

I'm personally ok with a Steelers win at this point. I certainly want them to beat Denver - I have no desire to see Mike Shanahan with three rings as head coach. A Pittsburgh championship would have annoyed me no end a few years ago, but they've been beaten down enough since then. Denver, or Carolina, on the other hand - that would be unbearable.

Then there's Seattle. They're the safe choice. Who can object to Seattle? Who cares if they win at all? It's like it wouldn't count or something. That might be best.

[Kriston]

Kind of like with Tampa Bay a few years back. I'm a Bucs booster, but I appreciated that many, many more people were rooting against the Redskins than responding in any affirmative way to Tampa.

[JL]

Kind of like with Tampa Bay a few years back.

Precisely. Or, for that matter, like the first time the Pats won. In both cases, most of the people who really felt pain were in Oakland. (OK, in Pittsburgh and certain New York households as well, but you get the idea.)